Family

fam′i-li, n. the household, or all those who live in one house under one head, including parents, children, servants: the children of a person: the descendants of one common progenitor: race: honourable or noble descent: a group of animals, plants, languages, . more comprehensive than a genus.— ns. Fam′ilism , the family feeling; Fam′ilist , one of the 16th-cent. mystical sect known as the Family of Love, which based religion upon love independently of faith.— Family Bible , a large Bible for family worship, with a page for recording family events; Family coach , a large carriage able to carry a whole family; Family man , a man with a family: a domesticated man.— Be in the family way , to be pregnant; In a family way , in a domestic manner. [L. familia — famulus , a servant.]